From Realtor Magazine Online, Daily Real Estate News January 22, 2009
Interest rates that rose from their record lows the previous week slowed mortgage applications last week.
The Mortgage Bankers Association weekly mortgage applications survey declined 9.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis to 1,195.3 last week from 1,324.8 the previous week.
On an unadjusted basis, the index decreased 10.3 percent compared with the previous week and was down 23.1 compared to the same week a year ago.
Most of the business is still in refinances, but the refinance share of applications decreased to 83.3 percent of the total from 85.3 percent the previous week.
Interest rates were generally up:
* 30-year fixed-rate mortgages increased to 5.24 percent from 4.89 percent
* 15-year fixed-rate mortgages increased to 4.99 percent from 4.63 percent
* 1-year ARMs remained unchanged at 5.89 percent
Source: Mortgage Bankers Association (01/22/2009)
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